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Issue Details

Issue #101
Published April 1979
Frequency monthly except for January, June and November
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Punctuation"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty works on an English grammar problem on the chalk board in front of class, while Archie leers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Leaving Town"

Characters Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alan Mayberry
Synopsis The Pussycats hear Alan is leaving town, so they try to entice him to stay with Hostess Twinkies.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Inside front cover.

5 page Betty & Me story "The Nifty Fifties"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. & Mrs. Kretzler; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Betty throws a "fifties party", where everyone dresses in vintage clothing and dances to fifties rock and roll.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes As an in joke, the artist draws Archie and Jughead wearing the letter sweaters and pants they made famous in their fifties comics.

1 page Betty & Me story "Tame Game"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis In a pick-up football game, Veronica demonstrates a unique interpretation of "illegal procedure".
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx's Pal, Greg story "What A Card!"

Characters Greg; Russ
Synopsis Greg is looking for love in volume.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Archie story "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Jughead enjoys the cuisine at Veronica's party.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes This is a reprint of a sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strip.
Reprinted from ?

statement of ownership "Statement Of Ownership"

Synopsis Filed October 1, 1978; Listed owners Close-Up, Inc, and Archie Enterprises, Inc, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; John L. Goldwater, Editor; Richard Goldwater, Managing Editor; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months 116,456.
Script Louis H. Silberkleit
Letters typeset

5 page Betty & Me story "Trial Style"

Characters Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge (dream only); Caramel
Synopsis A high school aptitude test that says Betty has the makings of a lawyer gives her a dream that night about taking Veronica to court.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling ?
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The Lodge chef is named "Pierre Souffle" in Betty's dream, rather than Gaston as is his normal name.

1 page Betty activity "Betty's Best Actress Maze"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Puzzle in which the reader must navigate a maze to all five best actress nominees for 1979.
Genre teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty & Me story "Clean Sweep"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty is carrying an old-fashioned broom as a prop for a school play, and everyone makes jokes about how it makes her look like a witch.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #232

1 page Dear Betty letters page "A Boy I Knew"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters.
Script Eda Edwards [as Betty]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty & Me story "Grid Kid"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis In order to pry cheerleader Betty away from football player Archie, school paper reporter Veronica prints a story shoving Betty toward the girls' football team and away from cheering for the boys team.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling ?
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida